Unable to cope with death of close friend, teenage girl commits suicide

Struggling to cope with the death of a close friend, a teenage girl allegedly hanged herself at her residence here, said the police on Saturday.

The police said Pushpa Devi Prajapati (18) and her friend Gayatri (19) hanged themselves at their homes on Friday.

Gayatri, the daughter of Devraj Verma, became upset after being unable to buy warm clothes and died by suicide at her home in Jari village in the Dehat Kotwali area, said Banda Circle Officer (CO) Rajiv Pratap Singh.

He added the police were preparing to conduct a postmortem examination of Gayatri's body when they received information that her friend, Pushpa Devi had also taken her own life.

Police officials said, so far, the investigation has revealed that both girls were close friends and they had each other's names tattooed on their arms.